Mansfield, near Wishart and Mt Gravatt, has a margin of 11.1 per cent and if it falls the LNP will have lost 30 seats, reducing its 73 seats to 43. It will have lost office.

About Mansfield

In ordinary times, Mr Walker would be relaxed about his future, and as a former partner in law firm Norton Rose, possibly eyeing off Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie's job.

However, with the tide running strongly towards the ALP in 2015, there are suggestions a swing of 10 to 12 per cent will be felt through Brisbane.

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If Mansfield goes, the LNP will have lost 30 seats and that means it is down to 43 seats in Queensland's 89-seat parliament.

If Mansfield goes, the LNP will have lost office in its own right and will be eyeing its options.

Mr Walker's seat runs south of Mt Gravatt East and Mt Gravatt, through Wishart and Rochedale, and includes Eight Mile Plains as it angles down towards Springwood.

In the 1970s it was a Liberal-held seat, before being won by the Nationals in the '80s. Then it returned to Labor in the '90s and 2000s.

Mr Walker won Mansfield in 2012 with a 15 per cent swing.

Friday's poll of 10 electors is neither indicative nor a representative sample of voters, but it gives an idea of what they are thinking.

What do voters think?

First observations.

The "Can Do" brand is dead.

Three voters told me they would not be voting for Mr Walker – not because they did not think he had done a good job but because they no longer liked Mr Newman.

They declined to be photographed or named because they are friends of Mr Walker.

Others, however, felt differently.

Trevor Slater from Mt Gravatt said he had already voted for the LNP because economics and law-and-order decisions had appealed to him.

"Economics, mate. That's the main thing. I voted for the LNP. They're the best option," he said.

Outside the Southside Community Centre in Mt Gravatt, near Underwood Road north of Springwood, John Voutos said the government "could do better".

"I think I will go for Labor, but I'm a little bit 50:50," he said.

"But I'm tending towards Labor."

Lina Boardman from Mt Gravatt said she was a Labor voter, although she chose the LNP in 2012.

"I'm going by Labor because they help a lot of people," she said.

"The LNP, I don't like them because they are only thinking of themselves. They don't think about the other people.

"I voted Liberal last time, now I have to stay Labor. I have changed my mind."

Kay Rosnick from Wishart said her "gut instinct" would be her guiding light on Saturday.

"At this point in time I think I'm not voting for someone, I'm voting against stuff," she said.

"It is the most incredible thing, but there is really no one I have any respect for!

"I will be voting against policies I don't agree with."

She said she was likely to change her vote, but declined to say who she would support.

"I deplore the bullying tactics the Liberals have been involved in, but I deplore having politicians not know basic things, like the GST rate."

Andrew Highley from Wishart said jobs and the state of the economy would guide his vote.

"Education, the usual grassroots type of things," he said.

He said he did not trust politicians in general, and was considering changing his vote.

Mr Highley said he would not vote for either of the major parties.

"It is probably a demonstration vote, really. I did vote for the LNP at the last election, but there is just a couple of things that have not sat easily with me.

"I am interested in politics, but I do feel disenfranchised, as you guys say."

Young couple Theo and Caitlyn Pengelly from Wishart say environmental issues will shape their vote.

"I think really voting on the environment and jobs in the public sector are the things that influence me," software programmer Theo said.

"No government is perfect, but I certainly haven't been happy with the way the past term has gone."

Caitlyn said employment figures and green energy were important issues for her.

"The Barrier Reef and ways to improve green energy and probably more funding towards schools and hospitals are important," she said.

"I didn't vote LNP last time and won't be voting LNP this time."

Gary Morgan from Wishart said he was worried about political spin.

"We have to make a decision tomorrow and it's just been spin."

He said integrity would shape how he voted.

"I watched the (leaders') debate today and I thought, "Well, whose spin do I believe."

Mr Morgan said he wanted to see candidates who worked hard in their own region.

"The local bloke here, I haven't seen very much of him."

He couldn't, however, name the Labor candidate, Adam Obeid, either.

The candidates:

Jarrod Wirth – Independent. Mr Wirth contested the seat in 2012 and Bonner at the 2013 federal election. He has an electrical and computing degree.

Ian Walker – Liberal National Party. Mr Walker joined the legal firm Norton Rose in 1976, became a partner in 1984 and headed the firm's Australian practice. He was the LNP's Minister for Planning Reform, before becoming Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts in February 2013.

Adam Obeid – Australian Labor Party. Mr Obeid is married, works in the public service and is currently studying at Griffith University's Nathan campus.

Nick Jelicic – Queensland Greens. Mr Jelicic is 31, and doesn't live in the electorate. He lives at West End and works as a recruitment business partner.